LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Texas Tech shot three strokes better in round two than round one but no made progress on the leaderboard Tuesday at the Southern Highlands Collegiate men’s golf tournament.
Federico Zucchetti folowed up Monday’s 2-under 70 round with a 2-over 74 and is tied for 12th individually. The Red Raiders are 11th in a stacked field of 15 that includes nine top-25 teams.
Southern Cal (292-280) leads Arizona State by seven shots, Texas and Florida by nine and SMU by 11.
Tech’s 19 shots out of the lead.

Texas Tech coach Tim Tadlock stuck with Tyler Floyd at a big moment, the Red Raiders’ catcher came through for him.
Floyd hit a tiebreaking RBI double with two outs in the eighth inning Saturday, lifting Tech past No. 22 Cal State Fullerton 6-5 at Rip Griffin Park.
“In the past I have been pinch-hit for in that situation, but I have been swinging it OK so I am thankful for the opportunity coach gave me there,” Floyd said.

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Gabby Barker remained in the top 20 after carding a 1-over 72, but Texas Tech slid a spot to 13th place out of 16 teams Tuesday after the second round of the Hurricane Invitational golf tournament.
Barker’s tied for 17th on the leaderboard. Her 1-over round followed an even-par 71 on Monday.
Lauren Mason (80-70) had Tech’s highest score on Monday and its lowest on Tuesday. Rounding out the lineup are Kimmy Hill (77-74), Sarah Brown (76-76) and Emma Ballard (74-82).

BATON ROUGE, La. — Sahvanna Jaquish hit a solo homer and Bailey Landry unloaded a three-run shot, both in the first inning, as No. 5 LSU beat Texas Tech 5-3 Sunday and dealt the Red Raiders a split for the second day in a row at the LSU Purple and Gold Challenge softball tournament.
Earlier Sunday, Jessica Hartwell’s two-run double capped a three-run sixth and gave Tech a 5-3 triumph against Illinois State.
The Red Raiders (6-10) beat Illinois State (3-11) and lost to LSU (13-2) on both days of the event.

AMES, Iowa — Shanice Stewart, Natalie Thompson and Kaylee Hinton finished 1-2-3 in the pentathlon, boosting Texas Tech to an early lead on the women’s side at the Big 12 Conference track and field championships.
Stewart, Thompson and Hinton racked up 24 of Tech’s 42 points. The two-day meet started Friday at the Lied Recreation Center on the Iowa State campus.
The three Tech athletes totaled 4,104, 4,028 and 4,026 points, respectively, in the pentathlon, a five-event competition comprising 60-meter hurdles, high jump, shot put, long jump and 800 meters.